RUSSIA ACCUSES CHESS GRANDMASTER GARRY GASPAROV OF A COUP PLOT

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a criminal case against exiled Russian businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky and 22 other members of the Russian Antiwar Committee (RAC) for "involvement in a terrorist community" and "attempting to seize power by force".

"FSB opens terrorism case against 22 members of Russian Antiwar Committee in exile"

Novaya Gazeta Europe, 14 October 2025

According to FSB, the goal of the RAC, which was established by Khodorkovsky in 2022, is “the violent seizure of power and the overthrow of the constitutional order in Russia”.

According to FSB, Khodorkovsky and his allies, including former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, and opposition activists Vladimir Kara-Murza and Andrey Pivovarov,

“...provide funding to Ukrainian nationalist paramilitary units, designated as terrorist groups by Russia, and also conduct recruiting activities… for these units for their subsequent use in their plot of a forceful seizure of power in the Russia.”

The full statement of FSB can be read in Russian:

"ФСБ России возбуждено уголовное дело в отношении экс-главы компании 'ЮКОС' Михаила Ходорковского и членов 'Антивоенного комитета России'"

14.10.2025

RedHotPawn has Deleted my Post on Garry Kasparov

It seems that the RedHotPawn (RHP) has deleted my recent post (in the Debates forum) with the following caption:

"Russia Accuses Chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov of a Coup Plot"

That post was absolutely correct, neutral, innocent and purely descriptive. 

Essentially, that post was merely a sharing of the article from Novaya Gazeta Europe, 14 October 2025.

After I published that post on the RHP, one user replied with an insulting comment, in which she made a false accusation that I were defending authoritarian regimes and the FSB. Besides, that comment was altogether unrelated to my post.

After that, I reported that user to the RHP.

After that, the following events happened:

1. My live rapid game was stuck in a winning position; I had an extra queen and was about to checkmate my opponent in 3 moves. I had 14 minutes left. Later, that game vanished from the RHP altogether, as if it had never been played.
2. My post on Garry Kasparov vanished from the Forum.
3. The user who publicly slandered me and about whom I wrote a report continues to reply to my posts and comments.

Now, the next things will happen:

• I shall cancel my subscription to RHP. 
• I shall not play live chess on the RHP anymore. 
• I shall continue playing correspondence chess games on RHP until the current payment allows.
• I shall not recommend the RHP to anyone.

I HAVE ABANDONED THE CHESS PLATFORM RED HOT PAWN

Slandering people is a crime.

Red Hot Pawn is complicit in several crimes as it does not take down ultra-zionists' extremist posts from the Forum, and it does not ban such users.

Red Hot Pawn is an agora for ultra-zionists: every day, the Forum contains their hate speeches, slandering and intimidating the critics and advertising mass murders, ethnic cleansing and genocide.

ABANDONING RED HOT PAWN FORUMS

Ma ei osale enam kirimale platvormi Red Hot Pawn foorumites paljude osalejate kommentaaride väga madala kvaliteedi tõttu. *** I do not participate in the Forums of Red Hot Pawn anymore due to the very low quality of the comments of many participants.

RED HOT PAWN: 20 VÕITU 20-st PARTIIST

Katsetan kirimale keskkonda Red Hot Pawn. 

Reitingu saamiseks ja kinnitamiseks tuleb lõpetada 20 partiid. Need, kellel veel kinnitatud reitingut ei ole, ei saa esitada reitingu piirangutega väljakutseid. Need, kellel on juba hea reiting, seavad aga piiranguid nii, et madala reitinguga mängijatega mitte mängida. Selle tagajärjel tuleb esimesed 20 partiid mängida madala reitinguga mängijate vastu. 

Tundub aga nii, et kinnitatud reitingu saamise hetkeks ei saagi see reiting olla 1800 või kõrgem. Nimelt märkasin, et enda reitingust märgatavalt madalama reitinguga vastasega mängides minu reiting langes isegi siis, kui ma võitsin. 

Juuresolevalt ekraanitõmmiselt on näha, et kuigi võitsin 20 partiid järjest, minu alguses kiiresti kasvanud reiting edaspidi langes. Kahjuks nii mõnedki vastased hakkasid eriti aeglaselt mängima pärast seda, kui nad olid juba lootusetusse kaotusseisu sattunud. 

Platvormi Red Hot Pawn reeglid meeldivad mulle sellepoolest, et need on üsna täpsed. Kirimale partiide kohta on selgesti öeldud, et: 

- Partiide andmebaase ja maleõpikuid tohib kasutada.

- Malemasinaid (Chess Engines) ei tohi kasutada. 

- Lõppmängude andmebaase (Endgames Tablebases) ei tohi kasutada. 

Loomulikult tõstatub aga küsimus, kuidas nad lubamatute meetodite kasutamist kindlaks teevad. Kuna kõrgeima reitinguga mängijal sellel platvormil on reiting alla 2500, siis ilmselt seal mängijad sohki ei tee või siis võetakse sohitegijad vahele. 

Aga kuidas saab seda kindlaks teha, kui kirimale partiis on neid reegleid rikutud? Näiteks mina võitsin nüüd madalama järgu maletajatele sisuliselt simultaani andes 20 partiid järjest. Kas nüüd järgneb süüdistus nagu juhtus Chesscom-is, et ma olen sohki teinud? 

Ja kuidas saaksid nad kindlaks teha, et lõppmängude andmebaase on kasutatud? Mõned maleprogrammid võimaldavad neid andmebaase osaliselt omaenda arvutisse laadida. Kuidas saaks seda kindlaks teha, et mängija avas oma arvutis sellise andmebaasi? 

Seejuures põhjendus, et miks ei tohi lõppmängude andmebaase kasutada, oli väga naiivne. Nimelt teatati, et tohib kasutada juba kirja pandud või juba salvestatud materjale, ent mitte arvutamist vajavaid asju. — Nad vist ei teagi seda, et lõppmängude andmebaasid juba ON välja arvutatud. Näiteks Lomonossovi andmebaasid koosnevad juba välja arvutatud lõppmängudest, mille suuri faile hoitakse Moskva ülikooli ühes serveris. Arvuti töö nende andmebaaside kasutamisel seisneb mitte maleseisu variantide arvutamises, vaid andmebaasi sirvimises, et juba välja arvutatud seisu sealt üles leida.